"Matt truly listened to our needs and created a fantastic site because of it."

- Dean Bob Bassett, Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

"Matt is really talented....the site looks REALLY good."

- Jason Stewart, Demandbase

"Matt is a highly skilled web designer and one of the most professional business people I know."

- Ben Sobaje, Nerd by Night

Some of the brands I've worked with

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  Passionist Spiritual Center

  Website for the Passionist Spirtual Center. Designed to display the breathtaking views from their grounds with large imagery and rich colors. Site includes a blog, event calendar, and area where users can request prayers.

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  Andrew G Mueller

  Marketing site for Los Angeles based cinematographer Andrew G. Mueller. The site integrates a Vimeo channel feed as well as his most recent Twitter activity. This allows Andrew to manage the content without an elaborate CMS within the site itself.

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  Chapman University Dodge College of Film & Media Arts

  Public site for one of the leading film schools in the US. Featuring nearly twenty templates, streaming student films, social media integration, and built on ExpressionEngine, the site is able to grow with the school's needs.

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  Pusan West Film Festival

  Informational site for the western version of Asia's most influential film festival. The site compliments the unique visual language of the main festival and includes several pages in Korean for the large Korean audience the showcase attracted.

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  Edward's Salon

  A longtime client, Edward operates one of the most prominent hair salons in the San Francisco Bay Area. A clean, modern look is what we aimed to accomplish with this design. Also important was a high level of search engine optimization in both the front end development and architecture.

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  Innovative Spine Surgery

  Innovative Spine Surgery is a leader in California in the practice of spine surgery with offices in the bay area, central valley, and central coast. Dr. Farr was looking for a professional look to differentiate his business from his competitors.

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About me and my work

Thanks for visiting my site! My name is Matt and I'm an independent user interface designer and web consultant based in New York City. I have several years of agency and in-house experience under my belt, but I've been actively designing and building websites for over 10 years now.

I help businesses and organizations of all sizes succeed with their web goals. I believe in creating simple, user-friendly, and effective sites that get your unique message across to your audience.

Read on about me

Working with me

While varying depending on the project, my typical process includes these 5 steps:

• Information Gathering

  This is the part where I learn about your organization, product, and team. Analyzing the state of your brand and marketing materials, learning who the users are, and determining what will ultimately make for a successful project are important topics to cover.

• Interaction Design

  Personas, scenarios, wireframes, and prototypes are all typical deliverables in this stage. Certainly not every project requires extensive usability findings, so many of my projects include only a sitemap and template wireframes.

• Visual Design

  Once the structure and templates are set, I collect information about what you would like your site to look like. It's extremely valuable to collaborate on the direction of the visual design. From that session, I typically create two unique design directions from which you can choose. Often parts are taken from one design and worked into another, but the end result is something you can truly be proud of and know that you had a significant hand in shaping.

• Development

  Depending on the complexity of the development process, I may leverage an outside, trusted freelancer to handle this phase. Doing this allows me to focus on my strengths of interface design and project management. For projects that don’t require significant server-side technologies, I am an adept HTML/CSS/Javascript programmer.

• Launch

  With the site complete, it's time to launch it. I can help coordinate hosting, whether you'd like basic hosting, a dedicated server, or a streaming video server. I'm also happy to provide on-going maintenance of your site to keep it as beautiful as the day it launched.

Sound pretty good?

If you think I'd be a good fit for your next project, I'd love to hear from you! When emailing, please include a description of your project and what your timeline is. I typically respond to emails within a few hours. Otherwise, if you'd prefer, please feel free to call. Thanks for visiting and I look forward to hearing from you!